OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries - Lawrenceville and Stone Mountain, Georgia and the Surrounding Areas

Laura F. M. Miller

Laura F. M. Miller

May 5, 2020

Laura Frances Mobley Miller, age 47, of Lawrenceville, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020, after a brief illness.

Laura was born in Atlanta, Ga, and raised in College Park, GA, before her family moved to Snellville, GA, where she was a 1991 graduate of South Gwinnett High School. She received a diploma in Medical Assisting from Gwinnett...

Esther Ariel Carrington

Esther Ariel Carrington

May 5, 2020

Esther Ariel Carrington, 92, of Brooklyn, NY, by way of Guyana, passed away on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in Georgia. Esther was a honored retiree from Kings County Hospital in BK, NY. She was also a proud member at the Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew in BK, NY. She is preceded in death by her father Henry...

Kevin Anthony Wells

Kevin Anthony Wells

May 4, 2020

Kevin Anthony Wells, age 25, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away in Atlanta, GA on Monday, May 4, 2020. He was born in Greenville, SC on September 15, 1994.

Kevin was preceded in death by grandparents Harold Bennett Arnold and Annette Freeman Arnold of Birmingham, AL; and Edsel Wells of Birmingham, AL. He is survived by his mother,...

Brent Ricci Hennig

Brent Ricci Hennig

May 2, 2020

Brent Ricci Hennig, 64, of Calgary, Alberta; Vancouver, British Columbia; and Atlanta, Georgia, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in his sleep in the early morning hours of Saturday, May 2, 2020. A family service will be held in Atlanta, Georgia with a memorial service in late summer in Vancouver, British Columbia. “Ric” Hennig was born in Red Deer, Alberta...

Don Eugene Best

Don Eugene Best

May 2, 2020

Don Eugene Best, 82, of 246 Hummingbird Lane, Loganville, GA, went home to be with the Lord on May 2, 2020. Don was born in Union, SC and was a husband of 46 years to Kathy Pace Best. Don was the son of the late Beulah B. Harris and stepson of the late James C. Harris. He grew up...

Charles Edward Gearing

Charles Edward Gearing

May 1, 2020

Charles Edward Gearing, age 91, died on May 1, 2020 after a brief illness.

“Charlie” grew up in the Salvation Army and graduated from high school in Dallas, TX. After receiving his undergraduate degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, he married the love of his life, Carol Dodd Gearing, and then served in the United States...

Elizabeth "Betty" Richardson

Elizabeth "Betty" Richardson

Apr 29, 2020

Elizabeth R. Richardson (Betty), Age 86, of Lilburn, GA since 1972 and Lawrenceville, GA since 2013, passed away on Wednesday, April 29, 2020.

Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Ray Richardson, Sr. of Chapin, SC, on July 2, 2005. She is survived by son, C. Ray Richardson, Jr., and his wife, Janet P. of...

Martha Evelyn Ward

Martha Evelyn Ward

Apr 28, 2020

Martha Evelyn Ward, 78, of Lula, GA passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2020. Mrs. Ward was born in Gwinnett County, Georgia to the late Leatus and Pauline (Stancil) Lord.

Martha is survived by her children Patricia Wells and husband Bill of Lawrenceville, John “Bo” Lunsford, Jr. of Lula, daughter-in-law Diane “Dee” Lunsford of Snellville, sisters Sadie Bentley...

Kenneth Lynn Cooper

Kenneth Lynn Cooper

Apr 26, 2020

Kenneth Lynn Cooper, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, passed away on Sunday, April 26, 2020. Ken was born in Chattanooga, TN, on Feb. 16, 1931. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Kris Andrea Cooper, his father, Lester Lafate Cooper, his mother, Okla Daugherty Cooper, his sister, Wanda June Cooper, his first wife, Mae Babin Cooper, and his second wife,...

Mildred Maxwell May

Mildred Maxwell May

Apr 24, 2020

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA – Mildred Maxwell May, 91, of Lawrenceville, died peacefully Friday, April 24, 2020 at Gwinnett Medical Center of heart failure. Mrs. May was a native of Asheville, NC. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 58 years, George May. She is survived by her children, Melissa, David and daughter in law Lisa ; grandchildren,...

David William Fleming

David William Fleming

Apr 24, 2020

David William Fleming, 38, of Stone Mountain, Georgia passed away on Friday April 24, 2020 at Emory Decatur Hospital following complications from surgery to remove a brain tumor. David had been recently diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer, Glioblastoma, on Tuesday April 21, 2020 after a week long illness. David William Fleming was born at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia...

Lt. Colonel Joseph Kramer Harris Jr.

Lt. Colonel Joseph Kramer Harris Jr.

Apr 23, 2020

Lt. Colonel Joseph K. Harris (USAF-Retired), age 96, passed away on April 23, 2020. He was born in Ellenwood, GA, and grew up in West Palm Beach, FL and Rex, GA, the oldest of six children. He was trained in metal fabrication at Chapman Springs Trade School (C.C.C./N.Y.A.) in College Park, GA, in a New Deal educational program preparing...

Julia Wong

Julia Wong

Apr 23, 2020

Obituary for Julia Ann Martin Wong Julia Ann Martin Wong, 91, went home to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on Thursday, April 23. She is survived by: her son Robert Wong of Kennesaw, GA and her daughter Bonnie Wong Morgan (Nick) and granddaughter Andrea Morgan of Goose Creek, SC; sisters Celeste Long (Johnny) of Conyers, GA and Susan...

Alba Rowena Sequeira

Alba Rowena Sequeira

Apr 20, 2020

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Alba Rowena Sequeira of Norcross, Georgia, passed away on Monday, April 20rd 2020, at the age of 58 years old. Alba was born in Kuwait on April 6, 1962. Alba is preceded in death by her father Bernard Sequeira and her mother Philomena Sequeira. She is survived by her twin children Ariel and...

Chester Carroll King

Chester Carroll King

Apr 19, 2020

Chester Carroll King, age 88, of Lawrenceville, GA, passed away on April 19, 2020. Chester was born on November 27, 1931 in Houston, TX to Otho Carroll King and Pauline Lokey King. He graduated from Lamar High School in 1949. After serving three years in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War, he graduated Magna Cum Laude from the...

Michael John Nocula

Michael John Nocula

Apr 18, 2020

Michael John Nocula, age 80, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, passed away on April 18, after a valiant battle against Lewy body dementia.

Mike was born on November 6, 1939 to Helen and John Nocula in Olympia, Washington. He graduated from high school in 1957 and later from University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. Michael enlisted in the United...

Lance Kevin Locher

Lance Kevin Locher

Apr 18, 2020

Lance Kevin Locher, age 56, of Houston, TX passed away Saturday, April 18, 2020. He was preceded in death by grandparents, Harry Walter Locher, Sr. and Althea Locher, father Harry Walter Locher III, grandparents, John and Dorothy Gallerano, and John and Maudene Young. He is survived by, wife, Rhonda Britt Locher, sons, Lance Ryan Locher and Trent Locher, Mother,...

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